DINING FEATURE TheOne Craw sh &Seafood Seafood restaurant focuses on customer experience L ocal business owner TJ Nguyen knows that to have a successful restaurant, the owner needs to have a quality product and be known for their customer service. Keeping custom- ers happy is what drives Nguyen as he owns and manages The One Craw sh & Seafood. Nguyen said he started cooking craw sh 10 years ago and has steadily honed his craft and developed his own recipe. After getting his ingredients and process down, he decided to take his skills to the public and opened The One Craw sh & Seafood with his wife in March 2021. “We were just thinking about food trucks and stu like that, but [decided on] the restaurant because it’d be more su cient and easier to manage,” he said. Nguyen said he was surprised to learn manage- ment has been the hardest part of his job. Managing a restaurant during the pandemic added more chal- lenges as he not only had to manage employees, inventory and general restaurant operations, but he also had to keep an extra close eye on cleanliness and the safety of his employees and customers. Despite these challenges, Nguyen said he knew local residents needed a place where they could relax and have a good time with friends and family, so he built the restaurant around customer service and a ordability by o ering happy hour deals and personally ensuring visitors enjoyed the experience as well as the food. While craw sh is a staple of the restaurant, The One Craw sh & Seafood is also known for its fried rice, shrimp, snow crab and various Cajun-inspired side dishes to give locals their seafood x. “I try to [meet] the need where people can go out and have good food so they can enjoy the weekend and their day o ,” Nguyen said. BY MIKAH BOYD
WHAT'S ON THEMENU?
BOIL COMBO 5 $54.99
GARLIC NOODLES $11.99
RAW OYSTERS $15.99
The One has many di erent seafood options. (Courtesy The One Craw sh & Seafood)
*SEAFOOD PRICES MAY VARY BASED ON MARKET VALUE.
SNOW CRAB $30.99
THE ONE LOBSTER TAIL $18.99
SHRIMP COCKTAIL $6.99
TheOne Craw sh&Seafood 10511 Jones Road, Ste. G, Houston 832-756-2104 www.facebook.com/theonecraw shseafood Hours: Tue.-Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., closed Mon.
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TJ Nguyen opened The One Craw sh & Seafood in March 2021. (Mikah Boyd/Community Impact Newspaper)
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